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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Also, there's really no reason that the Red Sox won't win enough games to get to the post season this year, and there's nothing solid that indicates the Patriots are going to be worse in 2010 than they were this year, so all I see is just more writers jumping on the 'end of a dynasty' bandwagon who won't admit they were wrong if the Patriots or any other Boston team pulls off another championship.
Pats- Brady, BB, lots of young players, cap space and picks...possible top 5er in 2011. Still going, definitely improving.
Sox- great pitching, good lineup, good mgr, great ML system. Getting better.
Celtics- yes, on the downswing. But, that may include 1-2 more rings.
Bruins- I am not much of a hockey guy, but they seem to have a good young team. The Kessel deal will help them re-load as well.
But Breer is smart. The "sky is falling" attitude seems to be selling this week.
I'd disagree that the Celts are on the downswing. If anything their short and long-term future is about as bright as its been in nearly 30 years.
You have Rondo locked up, who is - without question, IMO - the best player on the team at this point. He is one of the best PGs in the league. For all the talk about him reaping the benefits of playing with Pierce, KG, Allen - if Rondo were on some scrub team with no chance of winning every night, he'd probably handle the ball even more and put up 25 points a night, and still get about the same assist #s. This guy is a freak athletically, and when he shows up defensively, he's as good as anybody. His effort has been higher on the defensive end this year, and its showed.
Then you got Perk, who is an absolute beast on both ends of the court. Perk has slowly acquired the offensive skills to carry a frontcourt, but hasn't been asked to use them much - until this year. His FG% is insane. He's a smart player and knows how to work down low on both ends. He's as good a defender as they have on the team and a very good rebounder.
The two centerpieces of the Celts going forward are Perk & Rondo, and that's a great foundation. Not to mention that they still have Pierce, Allen, KG for some length of time, and even as they lose those guys, that will just leave empty space on the payroll to pick up marquee free agents, who - for the first time in a long time - may find Boston an alluring place to play basketball.
That was longwinded, but I do feel the Celts are going to be a good for a while. Just as I think both the Patriots and Red Sox will as well.
Especially the Pats - look, Brady will be good until he's 40 and the team will contend as long as Belichick is here. I know the Pat-haters wouldn't like to admit that, but it's true. We're not going anywhere. This was a down year and we'll improve.
They made a very solid move signing John Lackey. He is a spitfire and a competitor that we always had trouble playing against, especially in the playoffs. That gives us 3 very solid pitchers in the rotation, with Clay and Dice the only question marks. I also like Beltre at 3b, but our SS is still unsolved.
But I digress.
I'd disagree that the Celts are on the downswing. If anything their short and long-term future is about as bright as its been in nearly 30 years.
You have Rondo locked up, who is - without question, IMO - the best player on the team at this point. He is one of the best PGs in the league. For all the talk about him reaping the benefits of playing with Pierce, KG, Allen - if Rondo were on some scrub team with no chance of winning every night, he'd probably handle the ball even more and put up 25 points a night, and still get about the same assist #s. This guy is a freak athletically, and when he shows up defensively, he's as good as anybody. His effort has been higher on the defensive end this year, and its showed.
Then you got Perk, who is an absolute beast on both ends of the court. Perk has slowly acquired the offensive skills to carry a frontcourt, but hasn't been asked to use them much - until this year. His FG% is insane. He's a smart player and knows how to work down low on both ends. He's as good a defender as they have on the team and a very good rebounder.
The two centerpieces of the Celts going forward are Perk & Rondo, and that's a great foundation. Not to mention that they still have Pierce, Allen, KG for some length of time, and even as they lose those guys, that will just leave empty space on the payroll to pick up marquee free agents, who - for the first time in a long time - may find Boston an alluring place to play basketball.
That was longwinded, but I do feel the Celts are going to be a good for a while. Just as I think both the Patriots and Red Sox will as well.
Especially the Pats - look, Brady will be good until he's 40 and the team will contend as long as Belichick is here. I know the Pat-haters wouldn't like to admit that, but it's true. We're not going anywhere. This was a down year and we'll improve.
Big Sox fan I see, do you ever post on talksox.com?